Welcome to on attachment, a place to learn about how attachment shapes the way we experience

dating, love and relationships.

I'm your host, relationship coach and attachment expert Stephanie Rigg,

and I'm really

excited about today's episode. We're going to be talking about five ways to support an

avoidant partner. This is going to be a two-part series next

week being five ways to support an anxious partner.

And it's really in response to the many questions

that I get from people on Instagram and elsewhere

and wanting to know like what's best for me to do in order to support my partner to

feel safe to open up to feel reassured you know whatever it might be depending on the

particular struggles that you are navigating in your relationship

from an attachment point of view. So I'm hoping that through today's episode and

through offering these ways that you can support an

avoidant partner that you might notice some shifts and maybe you might notice

that in implementing these things your partner becomes a little less guarded, a little

less prone to a withdrawing or pulling away and a little more trusting in the safety

of the relationship.

So before I dive in, I just want to clarify, preempting the questions I'll inevitably get around this.

Am I talking about dismissive avoidant or fearful avoidant or both when I say an

avoidant partner? I think today's episode will largely apply across the board.

It's probably more suited to dismissive

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